Placa Reial

Arguably Barcelona's most iconic square, the Placa Reial (or 'Plaza Real' to give it its Spanish name), is a beautiful quadrangle in the Gothic Quarter flanked on each side by ochre houses with wooden shutters and decorated with palm trees, Gaudi-designed streetlamps, public seats and a bronze fountain. One of the city's social hubs, there's always something going on in Placa Reial, as tourists sip their sangrias in the many restaurants and cervecerias or crack open an illegal can of beer sold under the policemens' noses by impish immigrants. As day turns to night, clubs like Sidecar and Jamboree quickly fill up with backpackers and other party animals as the plaza becomes a centre of Barcelona's nightlife.

placa reial is the catalan name for plaza real

Whatever its called the square is so beautiful especially when the sunlight is touching the apartments around the edge and the top of the palm trees. Amazing that you can find such a place in the middle of the city

Why is it called Placa Reial if Plaza Real is the Spanish name? Confused

beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! I could spend all day in Placa Reial/Plaza Real! Such a colorful human circus... bring your sketch book!